Innersection - Let me love yuh / I’m in debt to you - Group 5 / EX / £700 (Clean white demo of this evergreen modern soul double header. I’ve heard this countless times over the last 20 years but never seem to get tired of it.)
Frankie Zhivago Young - Somebody stole my love - Ultra / VG+ / £400 (Classic! A truly unique masterpiece. Has Part 2 label on both sides but plays what it should, that is vocal backed with instrumental. Vinyl looks clean but run out groove plays with light crackles.)
21st Generations - Hey James / I need love - Tri-City / EX / £350 (Lovely white demo of this killer Michigan double header. Albert Jones and Reginald Garland written. Ultra-City issues might be rarer but this is the first press.)
Hyla Parker - Joe - Soundscape / EX / £225 (First, extended version before Cheri. Superb feel good two step. Label has light bubbling around the center. Rare!!)
Heywood Cash - You’re messing up a good thing - Epic / EX / £150 (Slick dance version of the John Edwards/Bobby Womack song. Rare issue only major label release.)
Snoopy Dean - I can’t control this feeling / Be good to me - Blue Candle / EX / £125 (Classic Miami double header, one side crossover one side Miami soulful funk. Label has a Plug Side rubber stamp. Vinyl has a short edge warp stopping before the grooves and are not affecting play.)
Hiram & Direct - Turn it around / Love flight - Hirome / EX / £100 (One of my all-time faves, such a beautiful two stepper out of the Tantus, Detroit studio. Flip is good too, a modern dancer that was later the b-side on the Direct Pressure “Let me love you” 45. Hiram & Direct used to be super rare until copies turned up, the Direct Pressure cheap and could be bought from Craig Moerer and others who had big stock. Now that one is rare and quite expensive, ah the joys of record collecting. “Love flight” side has small stain from removed sticker.)
Charlie Mitchell - After hours - Janus / EX / £90 (Killer version of the JR Bailey song. White demo vinyl copy, label has underlined title plus very faint rubber stamp.)
Carolyn Crawford - If you move, you lose - PIR / EX / £70 (Rare issue only dancer which comes highly recommended. Untypical sound for this label. Nice clean copy complete with company sleeve.)
Variations - I can show you - Salsoul / VG+ / £35 (Killer mellow groove! And on of the hardest 45’s on the label, tucked away on b-side of issue copies. Vinyl has a couple of light marks, not affecting play.)
Billy Perry - Sitting on the banks of the river - Ronn / EX / £20 (PG50 rating/grown man southern soul dancer. Clean white demo complete company sleeve.)
John Bowie - You’re gonna miss a good thing / At the end of the day - Merben / EX / £500 (Nice and clean issue copy of this classic Philly NS double header. Powerhouse stuff!)
Holly Maxwell - Only when you’re lonely / Let him go for himself - Constellation / EX / £140 (Super clean stock copy of this solid midtempo almost beat ballad dancer, flip is nice too. Thin font label variation.)
Capitols - Don’t say maybe baby - Karen / EX / £110 (Storming Detroit NS classic, the string break is fantastic. White demo, no lines design. Super clean copy complete with company sleeve.)
Gloria Gaynor - She’ll be sorry - Jocida / EX / £18 (Her first release years before she got afraid and petrified. Superb midtempo with latin undertones. Full black label design.)
Desciples of Soul - Peek-a-boo - G.V. / EX / £550 (Best version of this amazing Chris Hills/Mad Cliff penned sweet soul ballad, funky flip. Nice clean copy, red label design. Huge demand, one sold for over $800 recently.)
Unlimited Four - True love is hard to find - Chanson / EX / £330 (Superb lowrider with hip hop drums and dramatic vocals. Lead singer Joe Butts ate nails for supper. Nice clean copy!)
George Wilson – Come back to me / Everything will be fine – Stang / EX / £300 (One of the best and rarest on the label – two sweet soul cuts of the highest quality. Two rubber stamp stars and a little ink smudge on label)
Berganees - ‘Cause I love you / Time is gonna change - Artist-Ville / EX / £175 (Very nice copy of this immense Chicago sweet soul double header. Amazing stuff!)
Spice - Reach out / I need a man - Cle An Thair / EX / £125 (Amazing slow and soulful remake of the H-D-H classic. Flip is funky soul with a sister funk attitude.)
Doc & Sal - Laughing to keep from crying / Can’t get you offa my mind - Dynamic EX / £125 (Rare and nice piece of Tex Mex soul. Small writing on label.)
Dorando - Didn’t I - Music City / VG+ / £75 (One of the biggest masterpieces in the world of rare soul. And a must have in every record collection. White label small red lettering label variation. Record has a couple of scuffs which does not affect play. Ken Wins!!)
Natural Experience - Hide and seek Pt. 1 / Pt. 2- Sound Waves / EX / £25 (Classic 1977 sweet soul, here on the rarer label but with the pale blue label red lettering variation. Small sticker on label, which has a tiny tear underneath.)
11th Commandment - Have you had any heartaches lately? / Why are you so hard to forget? - Chess / EX / £20 (Beautiful Philly sweet soul backed with a lovely feelgood dancer. Small sticker on label.)
Brenda Lee Eager - There ain’t no way - Mercury / VG / £15 (Intense Ed Townsend written slowie that comes highly recommended. Record has plenty of marks but plays ok, x on label.)
Clydene Jackson - Fresh - Crossover / EX/EX / £275 (Fresh copy of this album containing the stunning jazzy dancer “I need your love”. A true pearl, and an album only cut.)
Directions & Directions Band – Directions – Brunswick / EX/EX / £200 (1975 Brunswick rarity heaving with great album only cuts. With “I want to be your special man”, “She’ll never say it”, “We need love” being the personal standouts. Cover is clean and it comes with original inner sleeve. Only flaw is a scuff on the a-side vinyl which is not affecting play.)
Tony Fox - The beginning - Blaster / EX/NM / £175 (Classic rare soul title, of course with the dancers “Love, let love and be loved” and “I wanna get next to you”. Cover still in shrink.)
Starvue - Upward bound - VG+/EX / £175 (Classic 1980 Chicago release filled with goodies. “Put the bs aside”, “You and me”, “Love affair” and the classic “Body fusion”. Vinyl is clean apart from a cluster of very light marks on the last two tracks on the A-side, plays through nicely but not perfect.)
J.J. Barnes - Born again - Perception / EX/EX £60 (Superb 1973 release by this soul hall of famer. His take on “Wishful thinking” is my fave and one I used on dancefloor gigs to great response a couple of times. But the whole LP is solid listening and only two tracks had a 45 release.)
New Horizon - Something new - Columbia / EX/EX / £18 (1983 release with the great two stepper “I can’t tell you” and the soulful boogie track “Reaching for new horizons”.)
Jerry Butler - Offering the spice of life - Mercury / EX/EX / £18 (1972 the Ice Man double album, with a couple of highlights being “Stop steppin’ on my dreams”, “Baby I‘m a want you” and “One night affair”.)
Ward Burton - Sweet Temptation - Panther Vg
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Modern & Crossover Soul 45’s
Innersection - Let me love yuh / I’m in debt to you - Group 5 / EX / £700 (Clean white demo of this evergreen modern soul double header. I’ve heard this countless times over the last 20 years but never seem to get tired of it.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY9pSVbg7ZY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_tdqPuLk6c
Frankie Zhivago Young - Somebody stole my love - Ultra / VG+ / £400 (Classic! A truly unique masterpiece. Has Part 2 label on both sides but plays what it should, that is vocal backed with instrumental. Vinyl looks clean but run out groove plays with light crackles.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFHqdLmLJWM
21st Generations - Hey James / I need love - Tri-City / EX / £350 (Lovely white demo of this killer Michigan double header. Albert Jones and Reginald Garland written. Ultra-City issues might be rarer but this is the first press.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVnwoRiPK6M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq0RCIKpHVY
Hyla Parker - Joe - Soundscape / EX / £225 (First, extended version before Cheri. Superb feel good two step. Label has light bubbling around the center. Rare!!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVTJyPQpEr8
Heywood Cash - You’re messing up a good thing - Epic / EX / £150 (Slick dance version of the John Edwards/Bobby Womack song. Rare issue only major label release.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyvyShReH9c
Snoopy Dean - I can’t control this feeling / Be good to me - Blue Candle / EX / £125 (Classic Miami double header, one side crossover one side Miami soulful funk. Label has a Plug Side rubber stamp. Vinyl has a short edge warp stopping before the grooves and are not affecting play.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0hl0rVYsDs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNt7At4ggbQ
Hiram & Direct - Turn it around / Love flight - Hirome / EX / £100 (One of my all-time faves, such a beautiful two stepper out of the Tantus, Detroit studio. Flip is good too, a modern dancer that was later the b-side on the Direct Pressure “Let me love you” 45. Hiram & Direct used to be super rare until copies turned up, the Direct Pressure cheap and could be bought from Craig Moerer and others who had big stock. Now that one is rare and quite expensive, ah the joys of record collecting. “Love flight” side has small stain from removed sticker.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6_eL9YCsDg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IELHeaLv2SE
Charlie Mitchell - After hours - Janus / EX / £90 (Killer version of the JR Bailey song. White demo vinyl copy, label has underlined title plus very faint rubber stamp.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhnPnjVYn-c
Margie Joseph - I can’t move no mountains - Atlantic / EX / £75 (Vinyl issue copy, easily best version of this well covered track!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tBMmWiRTbQ
Carolyn Crawford - If you move, you lose - PIR / EX / £70 (Rare issue only dancer which comes highly recommended. Untypical sound for this label. Nice clean copy complete with company sleeve.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3rnMmTbmuw
Sweet Charles - Hang out & hustle - People / EX / £45 (Promo copy of this awesome funky soul dancer.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lODqLuu1lx0
Variations - I can show you - Salsoul / VG+ / £35 (Killer mellow groove! And on of the hardest 45’s on the label, tucked away on b-side of issue copies. Vinyl has a couple of light marks, not affecting play.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HwU2aHx1pE
Billy Perry - Sitting on the banks of the river - Ronn / EX / £20 (PG50 rating/grown man southern soul dancer. Clean white demo complete company sleeve.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5FY4Lfqo-4
Joe Tex - All the heaven a man really needs - Dial / EX / £12 (Popular crossover dancer, 1972 release that is much slicker than his earlier stuff)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvTmXjgaYVs
Love Committee - Darling come back home - TSOP / EX / £5 (Killer version of the Eddie Kendricks song. Promo copy.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8i5xzSrzDU
Major Lance - Come what may - Columbia / EX / £8 (Killer version of the True Image/Clarence Mann modern soul dancer. A highly recommended cheapie!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEje1tr_EyA
George Duke - I want you for myself - Epic / EX / £5 (Classic dancer, deep grinding disco/jazz funk.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unBfb2syL18 (45 version is 3:48)
Northern Soul 45’s
John Bowie - You’re gonna miss a good thing / At the end of the day - Merben / EX / £500 (Nice and clean issue copy of this classic Philly NS double header. Powerhouse stuff!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdAGFZe-CgA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCdm_YKw6co
Sam Fletcher - I’d think it over - Tollie / EX / £400 (Classic! Clean white demo original with circled MR in the runout groove.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hlv8JqzHs0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRdllkQ7yB0
Holly Maxwell - Only when you’re lonely / Let him go for himself - Constellation / EX / £140 (Super clean stock copy of this solid midtempo almost beat ballad dancer, flip is nice too. Thin font label variation.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ1YK7KVq3A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rit-OgMrEo
Capitols - Don’t say maybe baby - Karen / EX / £110 (Storming Detroit NS classic, the string break is fantastic. White demo, no lines design. Super clean copy complete with company sleeve.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeauNesu8Hg
E.J. & the Echoes - Put a smile on your face - Diamond Jim / EX / £100 (Nice clean copy of this classic Detroit midtempo dancer, ultra soulful stuff!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRl_V2zwvOI
Gloria Gaynor - She’ll be sorry - Jocida / EX / £18 (Her first release years before she got afraid and petrified. Superb midtempo with latin undertones. Full black label design.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4djFSEJBu3I
Albert Jones - It’s going to be a lovely summer - Kapp / EX / £15 (Classic feel good Detroit! BB hole plus small round sticker on label.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9BiUM48TQE
Miracles - I can take a hint / A love she can count on - Tamla / EX / £10 (Superb early soul from the master.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp3ZgABxySE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrqnjy_iuBs
Ballad/Deep/Sweet/Group Harmony 45’s
Desciples of Soul - Peek-a-boo - G.V. / EX / £550 (Best version of this amazing Chris Hills/Mad Cliff penned sweet soul ballad, funky flip. Nice clean copy, red label design. Huge demand, one sold for over $800 recently.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFVndtEh0ME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZMPPIKGrIA
Unlimited Four - True love is hard to find - Chanson / EX / £330 (Superb lowrider with hip hop drums and dramatic vocals. Lead singer Joe Butts ate nails for supper. Nice clean copy!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9EcsrOeKCo
George Wilson – Come back to me / Everything will be fine – Stang / EX / £300 (One of the best and rarest on the label – two sweet soul cuts of the highest quality. Two rubber stamp stars and a little ink smudge on label)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jevTk6k4KA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAiHH4xTxh0
Berganees - ‘Cause I love you / Time is gonna change - Artist-Ville / EX / £175 (Very nice copy of this immense Chicago sweet soul double header. Amazing stuff!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fe-82fTaDM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WavomS1qWJw
Spice - Reach out / I need a man - Cle An Thair / EX / £125 (Amazing slow and soulful remake of the H-D-H classic. Flip is funky soul with a sister funk attitude.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55kLQb6c6sY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysKfnzSZ85A
Doc & Sal - Laughing to keep from crying / Can’t get you offa my mind - Dynamic EX / £125 (Rare and nice piece of Tex Mex soul. Small writing on label.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91uqZla9yx4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FLjgWeQlPE
Dorando - Didn’t I - Music City / VG+ / £75 (One of the biggest masterpieces in the world of rare soul. And a must have in every record collection. White label small red lettering label variation. Record has a couple of scuffs which does not affect play. Ken Wins!!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZqQT5904_U
Bobby Oroza - This love - Stylart / EX / £35 (Lowrider tailor made with banging hip hop drums and reverb on vocals. White label DJ copy, first press.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrM02dNR9PU
Natural Experience - Hide and seek Pt. 1 / Pt. 2- Sound Waves / EX / £25 (Classic 1977 sweet soul, here on the rarer label but with the pale blue label red lettering variation. Small sticker on label, which has a tiny tear underneath.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0irJ2h5dn0
11th Commandment - Have you had any heartaches lately? / Why are you so hard to forget? - Chess / EX / £20 (Beautiful Philly sweet soul backed with a lovely feelgood dancer. Small sticker on label.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unhMXZscVh8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCGZZYvdPiQ
Brenda Lee Eager - There ain’t no way - Mercury / VG / £15 (Intense Ed Townsend written slowie that comes highly recommended. Record has plenty of marks but plays ok, x on label.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01nQf1VHXuU
Soul/Disco 12’s
Sass - Much too much - 25 West / EX / £175 (Serious serious modern soul dancer with incredible deep production and vocals.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxUkbwrMSrk
Soul Albums
Clydene Jackson - Fresh - Crossover / EX/EX / £275 (Fresh copy of this album containing the stunning jazzy dancer “I need your love”. A true pearl, and an album only cut.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIxi9ZqOzAw
Directions & Directions Band – Directions – Brunswick / EX/EX / £200 (1975 Brunswick rarity heaving with great album only cuts. With “I want to be your special man”, “She’ll never say it”, “We need love” being the personal standouts. Cover is clean and it comes with original inner sleeve. Only flaw is a scuff on the a-side vinyl which is not affecting play.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X7rWQVsoyM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAXAGgMU6HA
Tony Fox - The beginning - Blaster / EX/NM / £175 (Classic rare soul title, of course with the dancers “Love, let love and be loved” and “I wanna get next to you”. Cover still in shrink.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dgWGVFuAAc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E4HPfZj6Bk
Starvue - Upward bound - VG+/EX / £175 (Classic 1980 Chicago release filled with goodies. “Put the bs aside”, “You and me”, “Love affair” and the classic “Body fusion”. Vinyl is clean apart from a cluster of very light marks on the last two tracks on the A-side, plays through nicely but not perfect.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43D61Oh4KK8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B8w5_044rQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_tEK9A4SS4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubvsKR-Gn7A
J.J. Barnes - Born again - Perception / EX/EX £60 (Superb 1973 release by this soul hall of famer. His take on “Wishful thinking” is my fave and one I used on dancefloor gigs to great response a couple of times. But the whole LP is solid listening and only two tracks had a 45 release.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ0G1xEJuIE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo6o8hdFBGI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ozxxBeo7rc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EDeUmt4_L8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX1aCLdyiYY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auptAk3cN4A
New Horizon - Something new - Columbia / EX/EX / £18 (1983 release with the great two stepper “I can’t tell you” and the soulful boogie track “Reaching for new horizons”.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe-bo_PbgQU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFTPGwxAR_c
Jerry Butler - Offering the spice of life - Mercury / EX/EX / £18 (1972 the Ice Man double album, with a couple of highlights being “Stop steppin’ on my dreams”, “Baby I‘m a want you” and “One night affair”.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCveGQYXIG8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWsn2J-8vao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF7OinQ9rdU